WHISPER LIKE A SISSY?

I watch, or at least start to watch, many hunting programs and documentaries on television. A common irritation that will get me to change channels quickly is the onset of adult individuals, usually the hunter and a companion, or the hunter to the camera, is 5th-grade mentality whispering. Like it's some kind of secret. I'll say this once... any highly trained, true professional law-enforcement officer knows that whispering can be heard at far greater distances than soft-toned speech formed by the vocal cords. Special services military personal, who are likely to encounter enemy at close range in potentially deadly circumstances, are also well schooled in the drawbacks of whispering. 

I have come prepared for such encounters on hunting trips, by carrying along a couple of blister packs of baby pacifiers. First guy that whispers gets one, and I'm not bashful about telling him to keep it in his mouth if he has any more thoughts of making child-like noises. Speak softly when you're with adults on a hunting adventure. Leave the whispering to little kids who have not yet made it to the 9th grade.

JDC